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New School Street Imminent
It’s been about eight months since Warwickshire County Council announced its plans for a new School Street in Nuneaton, but now it looks like it may finally become a reality. In its newsletter, Chetwynd Junior School has revealed that Caroline Close is proposed to be the site of the new scheme, expecting to start in May 2026.
This is excellent news for a school and street that is plagued by […]
https://fiets.uk/2026-03-31/new-school-street-imminent/?utm_source=activitypub&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=none #ActiveTravel #CarolineClose #ChetwyndJuniorSchool #Infrastructure #MagyarCrescent #Nuneaton #ParkAndStride #PaulsLand #SchoolStreets #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #Whitestone #WhitestoneInfantSchool -
The season of preaching ‘road safety’ messaging
The clocks have gone back, Christmas adverts are on the TV, nights are drawing in – it can only mean one thing: it’s time for official ‘road safety’ organisations to preach their annual messages of “be safe, be seen” to people travelling outside of motor vehicles, and (if we’re lucky) *asking* drivers to please – pretty please – drive carefully.
#BeBrightBeSeen #BeSafeBeSeen #RoadSafety #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WarwickshireRoadSafetyPartnership
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Reform-led Council Omits Cycle Link in Highways Scheme
Warwickshire County Council has approved the design of an “upgraded” roundabout that sits between Bedworth and Coventry, just within the county border. The junction is an important link in the Coventry-Bedworth-Nuneaton urban corridor and indeed has been part of a long-planned cycle route. But with this roundabout design omitting a north-south cycle link, that route for active travel may be scuppered.
#Bedworth #CllrAdrianWarwick #CllrChrisMorris #CllrEdwardHarris #CllrGeorgeFinch #CllrJenniferWarren #CllrJonathanChilvers #CllrKateRolfe #CllrKeithKondakor #CllrNickiScott #CllrSarahBoad #CllrSarahFeeney #CllrStanCarvell #CllrStuartGreen #CllrYousefDahmash #LongfordRoad #Nuneaton #Reform #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WarwickshireHighways #WilsonsLane
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Warwickshire’s Budget and Active Travel
In what is an ideal opportunity to promote the benefits of active travel to the local authority, Warwickshire County Council is asking for opinions about its budget for the financial year 2026/27 – including areas of priority and those which maybe should/could receive a monetary reduction given the challenges all local authorities are suffering with regard to funding.
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The ghost of Jacob Rees-Mogg's ghost.
#GeorgeFinch #Reform 19-year-old leader of #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #UKPol
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“‘You could have helped.’
‘I’m helping by not helping.’
‘You’re the one with experience of these creatures.’
‘Children, Lobsang. They’re called children.’”
Terry Pratchett/Stephen Baxter; The Long Utopia
#WarwickshireCountyCouncil #TeenagerGeorgeFinch #FromToryToReform
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📣 Exciting News 📣 #Nuneaton may be about to get its first School Street! #WarwickshireCountyCouncil has said that it's in the planning stages for a new scheme at Chetwynd Junior School/Caroline Close, after the success of its first trial at Eastlands Primary in Rugby!
https://fiets.uk/2025-07-03/is-nuneaton-about-to-get-its-first-school-street
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Is Nuneaton about to get its first School Street?
Following the successful pilot of a scheme at Eastlands Primary School in Rugby, and in exciting news for those who want to see improved safety, better air quality, and more pleasant environments outside of school gates, Warwickshire County Council has revealed that it is planning a new School Streets trial, with Chetwynd Junior School and Caroline Close in Nuneaton set to benefit.
#ActiveTravel #CarolineClose #ChetwyndJuniorSchool #GipsyLane #Infrastructure #Nuneaton #SchoolStreets #WarwickshireCountyCouncil
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Diverting pedestrians because of works closing a path? Be sure to teach them how to cross a quiet residential road. Don't worry about telling drivers to look out for extra foot traffic.
Regent Street, #Nuneaton: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XAJ3nESJeZYbccz36
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It does leave the question of why this road so poorly provides for active travel and whether there should be some responsibility put on #WarwickshireCountyCouncil Highways for having never installed good infrastructure here.
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New on the blog: Reporting an excessive speed limit on an important main road needed to access a brand new secondary school that is due to open in September. Will #WarwickshireCountyCouncil be proactive in road safety and get this dropped to 30mph before school starts?
https://fiets.uk/2025-03-13/proactive-road-safety-improvements-before-school-starts/
#Nuneaton #HighamLane #HLNAcademy #VisionZero #SpeedLimit #RoadSafety
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Proactive road safety improvements before school starts?
Nuneaton has a lot of residential development going on, and one of the newest sites is seeing a brand new secondary school being built, set to open its doors for its first cohort of Year Sevens in September this year. All very exciting – except for the nearby main road which remains at its historical 40mph limit. Will the County Council entertain dropping the maximum speed down to 30mph?
#HighamLane #PublicTransport #SpeedLimits #WarwickshireCountyCouncil
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Decision due on part of the Nuneaton-Bedworth-Coventry cycle scheme
The long-awaited Nuneaton to Coventry “super cycleway” may take a small step forward later this week with a tiny part of the route being put to the Portfolio Holder for Transport for approval. This features as part of a broader programme of road improvements and covers the south-most section through Exhall – only about 0.55km (0.35mi) and with serious compromises in quality.
#BaytonRoad #Coventry #Exhall #Hawkesbury #LongfordRoad #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WarwickshireHighways
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#Warwickshire is getting a smidge over £2.9m from the latest award from Active Travel England - I wonder if this means they'd finally be able to move forward with their long-promised cycle schemes in #Nuneaton and #Bedworth?
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I've taken a closer look and submitted comments about
#WarwickshireCountyCouncil's new plans for redeveloping #Nuneaton's ring road with a gyratory. Despite years of development, they still fall short for active travel - in one case, dangerously so! But is better possible?https://fiets.uk/2025-02-04/gyratory-plans-for-nuneatons-ring-road
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Gyratory plans for Nuneaton’s ring road
A critical look at Warwickshire’s plans for a redeveloped junction on Nuneaton’s ring-road which, in one instance at least, might be considered negligent to the safety of those using active travel.
#A444 #Infrastructure #LeicesterRoad #LeicesterRoadGyratory #NewtownRoad #Nuneaton #Plans #TransformingNuneaton #VicarageStreet #WarwickshireCountyCouncil
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At the weekend, I found myself going over the latest plans from #WarwickshireCountyCouncil for the new gyratory on Nuneaton's ring road, and how this part of the Major Road Network works (or doesn't) for #activeTravel and multi-modal transport. My musings are in my latest video - what do you think?
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Video: Proposals for Nuneaton’s Leicester Road Gyratory
Warwickshire County Council has released its latest iteration of design for redeveloping an important road junction in Nuneaton, linking Leicester Road, Newtown Road, and Vicarage Street into one large gyratory. Here, I take a look at those plans from an active travel perspective (walking, wheeling, and cycling) to see what we have and where the plans fall down.
A written article is also […]
#BondStreet #LeicesterRoad #NewtownRoad #Nuneaton #NuneatonTrainStation #RegentStreet #VicarageStreet #WarwickshireCountyCouncil
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The barrier complaint – an update
Earlier this year I entered into a protracted complaint with the County Council about the sudden installation of a chicane barrier on a short piece of path that is vital for accessing a formal shared use route. Counting from the date of installation, the matter has been going on for almost seven months, so here’s a quick update.
#Accessibility #Barrier #ChicaneBarrier #Infrastructure #Nuneaton #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WarwickshireHighways
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I wonder if they asked Colin about his experiences navigating the county's limited routes and the restrictions that exist on them.
#Accessibility #Warwickshire #WCCSafe_Active #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #ActiveTravel
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Calling #WarwickshireCountyCouncil - let's get some more School Streets going and make the school run more fun! Children want it; most people will support it!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-streets-how-to-set-up-and-manage-a-scheme
#ActiveTravel #ActiveTravelEngland #SchoolStreets #Warwickshire_CC #WCCSafe_Active #WarksHighways #WarksRoadSafety #SchoolRun
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If you live in, work in, or visit #Nuneaton town centre (or know people who do), #WarwickshireCountyCouncil is looking for your views on improving access to and movement around the town centre, including for walking, wheeling, cycling, and public transport. A consultation runs to 22 December.
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On the blog: Back in April, in a bit of 'safety' performative theatre, #WarwickshireCountyCouncil celebrated installing a new guardrail on a road near a school. But in doing so it reduced available space for walking and wheeling - seemingly ignoring DfT recommendations over accessible width.
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Worsening pedestrian space in the name of safety
Earlier this year, Warwickshire County Council applauded itself on the installation of a new guardrail barrier by a school, yet in doing so it has reduced pavement width, apparently ignoring DfT guidance on accessible space.
#ActiveTravel #Atherstone #Guardrail #RacemeadowPrimarySchool #WalkingAndWheeling #Warwickshire #WarwickshireCountyCouncil
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#WarwickshireCountyCouncil Road Safety Education and Active Travel posted this with the opening line "safe routes to school". Half a thought would say how inappropriate this is with that caption: no footpath, 30mph rural road; asking drivers to behave, others to dress-up. That's not good enough.
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School expansion – An active travel opportunity?
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Consultations are currently underway following proposals to expand two Nuneaton schools to accommodate growing demand. Those schools, like so many others, are known to suffer with motor traffic congestion at the peak times of drop-off and pick-up – a situation that will only get worse without some form of mitigation.
With this in mind, it is perhaps an opportunity to press the County Council to make some changes that can improve the walking, wheeling, scooting and cycling environment to and around these schools. Neither are well-served by active travel infrastructure – there’s a limited shared-use route through a nearby park in one direction and narrow footpaths which get very crowded at peak times – and the areas are plagued with bad driving, pavement parking and stopping on prohibited areas, idling engines, general heavy traffic. There is then the resulting poor air quality, noise pollution, risk of collisions, general stresses – none of which are good for children (or their adults) and are not conducive to positive learning.
A number of options are available which can improve the situation by making driving less attractive while making active travel an easier, safer option:
- School streets – closing roads to motor vehicles at key times;
- 20mph speed limits;
- Wider footpaths;
- Removal of obstructions on the shared-use route;
- Improve road crossings;
- Separated cycle infrastructure, particularly on main roads.
The catchment for these schools includes housing estates some distance away where people are not likely to walk. Thus without safe cycle routes, the default option will be to drive. The County Council has a Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan for Nuneaton which includes routes which would benefit these schools. It also has a Local Transport Plan that supposedly prioritises active travel. So, whilst noting that funding is always a challenge, it should surely be a requirement of expansion that at least some improvements are forthcoming to mitigate against new motor traffic.
The consultations for the two schools run until 29 November 2024, and my own submission is now available to read for those who want a bit more detail.
#ChetwyndJuniorSchool #ChildFriendlyWarwickshire #Nuneaton #SafeRoutesToSchool #SchoolStreets #WarwickshireCountyCouncil #WhitestoneInfantSchool
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Back in December 2023, Warwickshire County Council stated that it had paused development of a mostly separated cycle scheme to run alongside the A47 from its junction with the A5 towards Nuneaton town centre. Now, the Council’s Forward Plan published in October 2024 shows the decision on the scheme as “Abandoned” and it has been suggested that the Long Shoot portion of the planned route may not be going ahead.
https://fiets.uk/2024-10-20/county-council-kills-off-its-a47-long-shoot-cycle-scheme/
#A47 #A47HinckleyRoad #CllrJeffClarke #Infrastructure #LongShoot #Longshoot #MarcusJonesMP #Nuneaton #WarwickshireCountyCouncil
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Minor road changes proposed for active travel in Bedworth
Warwickshire Highways is proposing to make modifications at a junction in Bedworth which will facilitate part of a “Green Corridor” for active travel in the town. This has the specific aim of connecting to the popular Miners’ Welfare Park and the new Physical Activity Hub (aka leisure centre), to enable people to travel there without a car. Let’s look at what’s planned.
#Bedworth #BedworthPhysicalActivityHub #consultations #MinersWelfarePark #RyePieceRingway #SgtSimonValentineWay #WarwickshireCountyCouncil
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A report shows #Warwickshire to be one of the hotspots for #cycling incidents - but is it any wonder? Despite promises of routes, social media activity, and an active travel focus in the County Council's LTP, there's still a lack of delivery on the ground.
https://fiets.uk/2024-09-23/west-midlands-and-warwickshire-hotspots-for-cycling-incidents/